Electronic Entertainment Expo

When I went hands-on with “Rock Band 4” a few weeks ago, everything about Harmonix’s return to the music genre felt refreshingly familiar. The plastic guitar still felt natural in my hands, the strum bar still felt smooth as I strummed it to the beat, and the friendly atmosphere of playing with others was still intact. Yes, just about everything felt the same, even with new mechanics for vocals and drums. So when it came time for my thrashing guitar solo, imagine my surprise when I saw the highway change to include patterns that I had never seen before. There were no notes on-screen, but there were changing highway patterns. By instinct, I started hitting buttons and by...

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When I went hands-on with “Rock Band 4” a few weeks ago, everything about Harmonix’s return to the music genre felt refreshingly familiar. The plastic guitar still felt natural in my hands, the strum bar still felt smooth as I strummed it to the beat, and...

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Microsoft’s HoloLens – goggles that beam holographic images into one’s line of vision – can make Earthlings feel as if they are walking on Mars. Now they are actually going into outer space.
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Evan Thorogood, better known in video gaming circles as Raceboy77, has been on a tweeting rampage since he landed in Los Angeles to attend E3.
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Thousands of video game enthusiasts got their first chance to play a broad slate of upcoming video games as the Electronic Entertainment Expo opened Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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"And I was a cat."
This is the voice of a young girl in the opening moments of "What Remains of Edith Finch," an in-development video game that will receive its coming-out party at this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), North...